American chop suey is an easy dinner recipe made with juicy ground beef and veggies cooked in a flavorful tomato sauce with elbow macaroni. Ready in around 30 minutes, this cozy and delicious meal is perfect for weeknight meals.
Fill a large stock pot with water, salt it and set it to boil
Heat a medium stock pot on medium heat, add olive oil and heat that up
Add onion and pepper and sauté for 10 minutes, stirring every few minutes, add garlic and sauté for 2 additional minutes. Take off heat and set aside
Add elbows to boiling water and cook for 8 minutes (or until they are done), but as you're doing that. . .
Heat a large sauté pan on medium, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and add ground beef and break up to little pieces. Add oregano, basil, parsley, salt and Worcestershire sauce. Sauté for 5 - 8 minutes
Add the tomatoes to vegetable mixture
Add ground beef to tomato mixture
Drain elbows and dump them in a large stock pan
Add the tomato-meat mixture in with the elbows and mix until incorporated
Serve
Eat
Smile
Enjoy
Notes
Helpful tips
Cook everything at the same time: Bring the water to boil and cook your elbow macaroni noodles while you sauté the vegetables and meat.
For even faster cook time, use two sauté pans: one for the veggie and one for the meat.
Even though the taste of this comfort dish is fabulous the day you cook it, the flavors are even better leftover the next day
This stores well both in the fridge and in the freezer. Place any leftovers in an airtight container and it will last over a week in the refrigerator and 2 months in the freezer.